YWLP Activism Log 5

Activism:

During this week we had another little sister meeting and the major theme was body image, we continued to obtain tweets from our little sisters, and last week we obtained our first submissions for the zine. What I’ve noticed and what I would consider to be our first set back is that the girls from my school haven’t submitted any zine submissions, and it seems that unless we continue to remind them every day it doesn’t seem to be a thought that crosses their minds. This saddens me a bit because I see this zine as a way for our littles to let their voices be heard, a way that society can see that girls are more than what so many people think and deserve respect. I see our little sisters as some girls with something to say and I just want them to see themselves that way. Next week is our fundraiser and alumni event at Chick Fil a, and I’m very hopeful that we will have a lot of participation and hopefully more zine submissions!!! The scrapbook is coming together nicely we take pictures at every event, and pretty much every time we get a chance.

Reflection:

The meeting with our littles this week and our ongoing project as a whole relates to this week’s reading in that our project does exactly what Harris describes in her chapter 5 being seen and heard where  it discusses how the private realm of girls is being taken away  by way of the regulation of interiority (Harris 2004). Girls of today see their access to the public sphere as a get way for them to become stars and a good example of the can do girl. Nothing private is truly private anymore because of web cams, personal blogs, and reality television that takes even those most private moments and puts them on broadcasts so all the world can see. Reality television is so common and some apart of everyday that girls think it’s normal to air their dirty laundry. Television and that public avenue has become a way that even the “average girl” can become a star (Harris 2004).

Reciprocity:

Personally, throughout the course of our service learning project I’ve gained even more respect for our little sisters than I already had. These girls never cease to amaze me with their strong opinions and ideologies about the topics that we have each week. The girls saw and explained things throughout the course of our lessons and our project that I never would of thought they’d pick up on. I’m hopeful that throughout these final weeks of our service learning project we will gain more zine submissions and twitter posts and start to compile and finally finish the scrapbooks that our littles designed.

Word Count: 440

Work Cited:

Harris, Anita. Future Girl. New York: Routledge, 2004. Print.